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Australian Open: Cilic ends the streak of Baptist: “Neither was invincible nor is now a tragedy”

Friday,
24
January
2020

12:08

The Spanish tennis player, who had added 10 wins in a row in 2020, is eliminated in the third round of the Australian Open

Bautista laments after missing a ball before Cilic.

KIM HONG-JI REUTERS

And to the tenth game, Roberto Bautista tropez. The Spanish tennis player, who arrived undefeated in 2020 at his appointment with Marin Cilic, ended up nailing the knee in five intense sets. He said goodbye to the Australian Open in third round after falling into a tight duel of more than four hours by 6 (3) -7, 6-4, 6-0, 5-7 and 6-3.

The veteran Croatian player, a finalist in Melbourne Park in 2018, took revenge on the Spaniard after the latter won the duel they held in the last edition in the round of 16. Bautista could not maintain the consistency that characterizes him and gave eleven consecutive games, from 3-3 of the first round to 2-0 of the fourth round, which deprived him of channeling the game. “It was not invincible before or now it is a catastrophe,” said the Spanish tennis player after his defeat. “I have fought to the end and I have nothing left but to congratulate Cilic,” he added.

Bautista regretted the opportunities he wasted during the second set, when he led the scoring for a set to zero, of not closing any games to the rest. “I was playing very well and I had 15-40 twice, it has escaped me. Then with the 3-0 and I took off in the third one, I let myself go,” said the Spaniard.

Despite the fact that the Croatian asked for medical assistance in the last part of the fourth set, which settled for the Spanish side, the US Open champion in 2011 was redone to sign a new pica victory.

The defeat in the third round relegated the Spanish player to the eleventh position in the world rankings, although he could descend more positions in the event that the Italian Fabio Fognini beat your match against Argentine Guido Pella.

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Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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